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Washington Watch

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James Lankford, Chuck Grassley, Jeff Barrows, Josh Hawley
November 02, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, discusses the COP20 Climate Change Summit, the Marine Corps’ announcement that marines who refuse the COVID vaccine will be discharged after November 28, the Biden vaccine mandate on private employers, and his new memo detailing how the Democrats’ spending bill would expand using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
  • Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senator from Iowa, talks about the Beth Robinson confirmation vote and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo targeting parents.
  • Dr. Jeff Barrows, Senior Vice President for Bioethics and Public Policy at Christian Medical & Dental Associations, discusses the American Medical Association’s newly released document saying that doctors should use language inspired by critical race theory.
  • Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator from Missouri, shares how liberals’ attacks on masculinity are driving men to pornography and video games, and discusses his efforts to remove an NDAA provision that forces women to enter the military draft and his letter to AG Garland regarding the Montana U.S. Attorney’s efforts to target parents.
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Thomas Catenacci, Louie Gohmert, Heather Hacker, Jim Lee,Brent Keilen
November 01, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Thomas Catenacci, Energy and Environment Reporter for the Daily Caller, shares what’s happening at the COP26 climate change conference.
  • Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Texas, unpacks what would happen if the Biden administration moved forward with making $450,000 payments to illegal immigrants who sued the Trump administration, and discusses the COP26 climate change conference.
  • Heather Hacker, Partner at Hacker Stephens LLP and former Assistant Solicitor General of Texas, shares what happened during the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments on the Texas Heartbeat law case.
  • Jim Lee, CEO and Founder of Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc., talks about a new NBC poll showing 71% of Americans believe the country is on the “wrong track.”
  • Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, discusses the Virginia gubernatorial election and how the education issue is shaping the race.
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Travis Weber, Jerry Boykin, Roger Hiatt, David Closson
October 29, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Travis Weber, FRC’s Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, discusses the reconciliation and infrastructure bills, language in the National Defense Authorization Act that forces women to register for the draft, and a federal judge temporarily banning the Biden administration from firing employees seeking vaccine exemptions.
  • Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, shares his concerns that the U.S. military is losing its edge over the Chinese military.
  • Roger Hiatt, child and adolescent psychiatrist, talks about why the Safe Act is needed to protect children.
  • David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, analyzes what the “Let’s go Brandon” chant says about the coarsening of our culture, but also why the chant may indicate a new openness to questioning the Left’s agenda.
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Byron Donalds, Kevin Hern, Larry Cosme, Marty Makary
October 28, 2021
00:54:06

On today's show:

  • Byron Donalds, U.S. Representative for the 19th District of Florida, unpacks President Biden’s framework for the $1.75 trillion reconciliation bill.
  • Kevin Hern, U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Oklahoma, discusses President Biden’s plan to attend the G20 Summit in Rome.
  • Larry Cosme, President of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, talks about the FDNY preparing to have to close several fire companies over the vaccine mandate.
  • Dr. Marty Makary, Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & School of Public Health, previews his soon to be released study on COVID natural immunity.
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Tom Cotton, Marsha Blackburn, Meg Kilgannon, Kelvin Cochran
October 27, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas, shares what happened during Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony before Congress and talks about his bill to prevent schools from facilitating a student’s “gender transition” behind parents’ backs.
  • Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, discusses AG Garland’s testimony regarding the Department of Justice task force targeting parents and her new bill protecting essential workers from being fired for choosing not to get the COVID vaccine.
  • Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, gives an update on what’s happening in Loudoun County as parents come before the school board and demand that school board members and the superintendent resign.
  • Kelvin Cochran, Senior Fellow and Vice President of Alliance Defending Freedom and former fire chief, talks about his new book, “Facing the Fire: The Faith That Brought ‘America’s Fire Chief’ Through the Flames of Persecution.”
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Michael Ginsberg, Randy Weber, Meg Kilgannon, Jim Inhofe, Sam Brownback, Gordon Chang
October 26, 2021
00:54:06

On today's show:

  • Michael Ginsberg, Congressional correspondent at the Daily Caller, shares the latest on the reconciliation bill negotiations taking place in the U.S. Senate.
  • Randy Weber, U.S. Representative for the 14th district of Texas, talks about business groups asking the Biden administration to delay the upcoming COVID vaccine mandates for private companies until after the holiday season.
  • Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, gives an update on what’s happening in Loudoun County after a student was found guilty of sexual assault in a school bathroom, students walked out of class in protest to demand safety in school bathrooms, and parents are being forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement before they can view the district’s new curriculum inspired by critical race theory.
  • Jim Inhofe, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, discusses his letter to the Pentagon urging a suspension of the vaccine mandate on servicemembers and the current state of the U.S. military.
  • Sam Brownback, former Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, reacts to the military coup in Sudan and the implications on religious freedom.
  • Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War, discusses the Biden administration’s policy toward Taiwan and President Biden’s plan to attend the G20 Summit in Rome.
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Haris Alic, Pat Fallon, Chuck Holton, Ben Carson
October 25, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Haris Alic, reporter for the Washington Times, shares the latest on the reconciliation bill.
  • Pat Fallon, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Texas, discusses the State Department admitting there are 363 Americans trapped in Afghanistan and the latest on the reconciliation bill and the Democrats pushing a tax on billionaires.
  • Chuck Holton, freelance reporter for CBN News, gives an update on the caravans heading for U.S.-Mexico border and 52 Al-Qaeda suspects who were captured heading towards the United States.
  • Dr. Ben Carson, Founder and Chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute, talks about his Little Patriots initiative and new children’s book “Why America Matters,” the Loudoun County School Board’s handling of sexual assaults in school bathrooms and the National School Board Association’s so called “apology” letter on Friday, and the push to vaccinate children.
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Rick Allen, Katherine Johnson, Meg Kilgannon, David Closson
October 22, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Rick Allen, U.S. Representative for the 12th District of Georgia, responds to President Biden’s town hall message and shares the letter he signed to the Biden administration regarding the kidnapped American missionaries in Haiti.
  • Katherine Johnson, FRC’s Research Fellow for Legal and Policy Studies, gives an update on the Texas Heartbeat bill after the Supreme Court declined to block the law and agreed to hear oral arguments on November 1st.
  • Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, discusses an email from the Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent that alerted the school board on the day of bathroom assault.
  • David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, responds to Vice President Kamala Harris’ video sent to churches urging support for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.
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Mike Johnson, Dave Boyer, Chip Roy, Andrew Bostom, David Closson
October 21, 2021
00:54:06

On today's show:

  • Mike Johnson, U.S. Representative for the 4th district of Louisiana, discusses Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and the DOJ task force targeting parents.
  • Dave Boyer, White House Correspondent for the Washington Times, talks about Merrick Garland’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
  • Chip Roy, U.S. Representative for Texas's 21st District, shares what happened during his questioning of Merrick Garland on the sexual assaults in Loudoun County School District bathrooms.
  • Dr. Andrew Bostom, Clinical Trialist and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University, comments on the White House’s initiative to vaccinate children ages 5-11.
  • David Closson, FRC’s Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, responds to the increasing trend of government officials refusing to enforce laws they don’t like.
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Steve Daines, Chad Wolf, Mat Staver, Connor Semelsberger
October 20, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Steve Daines, U.S. Senator from Montana, gives an update on negotiations over the reconciliation bill and the removal of the Hyde amendment in the Labor, Health and Human Services Senate bill.
  • Chad Wolf, former Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Chair of the Center for Homeland Security and Immigration at America First Policy Institute, talks about what’s happening at the southern border with arrests soaring to an all-time high and the Biden administration transporting unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors out of Texas in the middle of the night.
  • Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, discusses U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denying the emergency injunction pending appeal on behalf of more than 2,000 Maine health care workers, Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit on behalf of military servicemembers and federal employees and contractors who have been mandated to get the COVID vaccine, and responds to Southwest Airlines dropping their plan to get rid of employees that choose not to get the vaccine.
  • Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, unpacks what’s really in the reconciliation bill’s Green New Deal.
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Michael Waltz, Todd Rokita, Jason Martinez, Connor Semelsberger
October 19, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Michael Waltz, U.S. Representative for the 6th district of Florida, discusses China’s new hypersonic missile test and the State Department Inspector General’s investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal.
  • Todd Rokita, Indiana Attorney General, talks about the 17-state effort that he is leading to protect parents from Biden administration's intimidation tactics.
  • Jason Martinez, Nebraska parent and member of the Protect Nebraska Children Coalition, shares about his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request that revealed that school bureaucrats' lied to parents and purposely excluded religious groups from the sex education curriculum team.
  • Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses what’s in the reconciliation bill’s Green New Deal.
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Vicky Hartzler, Edward Graham, Mike Berry, Bob Fu
October 18, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Missouri, member of the House Armed Services Committee, and a commissioner of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, discusses reports of China’s advanced space capability, the threats that China poses to U.S. national security, and the Democrats $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
  • Edward Graham, Assistant to the Vice President of Programs and Government Relations for Samaritan's Purse, gives an update on the U.S. missionaries who were kidnapped by a notorious Haitian gang.
  • Mike Berry, Deputy General Counsel and Director of Military Affairs for First Liberty Institute, shares that Navy SEALs seeking religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate are facing harassment and intimidation.
  • Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid Association and FRC’s Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom, discusses the U.S. rejoining the UN Human Rights Council and China shutting down Bible apps and Christian WeChat accounts as new crackdown policies go into effect.
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Tom McClintock, Patrick Hauf, Meg Kilgannon, David Closson
October 15, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm:

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Kerry Picket, Ralph Norman, Dan Bishop, Ian Prior, Connor Semelsberger
October 14, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Kerry Picket, Senior Congressional Reporter for the Washington Times, and Ralph Norman, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of South Carolina, discuss the global shipping crisis and the concerns that it could lead to layoffs, higher prices, fewer options at the grocery store, and eventually threaten our national security.
  • Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for the 9th District of North Carolina and Member of the House Judiciary Committee, discusses the letter sent by House Judiciary Committee Republicans to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the DOJ task force targeting parents, and the Biden administration’s plan to implement the employer vaccine mandate as early as next week.
  • Ian Prior, Executive Director of Fight for Schools, talks about how parents are responding to Loudoun County School District’s handling of sexual assaults in school bathrooms.
  • Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses how the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will impact taxes, the national debt, and inflation.
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Ron Johnson, Dan Celia, Meg Kilgannon, Connor Semelsberger
October 13, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Ron Johnson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, discusses the status of President Biden’s private employer vaccine mandate, his letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking why COVID vaccines are being mandated for military servicemembers, and his letter demanding answers on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call to investigate concerned parents.
  • Dan Celia, President and CEO of Financial Stewardship Ministries and host of “Financial Issues,” talks about the state of America’s work force after a record 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August and more than 100,000 workers are threatening to go on strike.
  • Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, discusses the Loudoun County School District’s response after a dad said the school district tried to conceal the assault of his daughter.
  • Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares how the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill will impact childcare, welfare, and education.
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Mark Robinson, Roger Gannam, Gene Hamilton, Connor Semelsberger
October 12, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Mark Robinson, North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, discusses the pushback he has received from the Left for speaking out about radical LGBT indoctrination in public schools.
  • Roger Gannam, Assistant Vice President of Legal Affairs at Liberty Counsel, talks about a New York court granting a preliminary injunction for health care workers after the state attempted to remove religious exemptions and accommodations from their COVID shot mandate and Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense’s vaccine mandate.
  • Gene Hamilton, General Counsel for America First Legal Foundation, discusses America First Legal Foundation's request for a Department of Justice investigation into Attorney General Garland’s memorandum targeting concerned parents who speak out at school board meetings.
  • Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares the pro-life concerns in the $ 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.
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Cheryl Chumley, Andy Biggs, Matt Rosendale, Bill Federer, Meg Kilgannon
October 11, 2021
00:54:05

On today's show:

  • Cheryl Chumley, Online Opinion Editor for the Washington Times and author of, “Socialists Don't Sleep: Christians Must Rise or America Will Fall,” and Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Arizona and chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, discusses how COVID vaccine mandates are affecting the airline industry.
  • Matt Rosendale, U.S. Representative for Montana, talks about why over 60 GOP members of Congress are demanding answers from the DOJ for targeting parents who speak out at school board meetings.
  • Bill Federer, historian and author of, “Socialism - The Real History from Plato to the Present: How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control,” shares how Christopher Columbus opened the door to Christianity and western civilization and why we should celebrate Columbus Day.
  • Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, responds to the National School Board Association's letter to President Biden asking him to investigate parents that speak out at school board meetings.
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Bob Good, Leslie Rutledge, Ken Paxton, Ken Klukowski
October 08, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Bob Good, U.S. Representative for the 5th District of Virginia, comments on the Education and Labor Committee letter calling for a hearing on the DOJ’s task force targeting parents who speak out at school board meetings.
  • Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General, warns against the overreach of the federal government by the Biden administration.
  • Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, shares his plan to appeal a judge's temporary block of the Texas Heartbeat law.
  • Ken Klukowski, Senior Counsel at Schaerr Jaffe law firm, responds to President Biden’s speech this week on the vaccine mandates.
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Roy Blunt, Ken Blackwell, Al Robertson, Quisha King, Meg Kilgannon
October 07, 2021
00:54:05

On today's show:

  • Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator from Missouri, gives an update on where the reconciliation bill, debt ceiling debate, and the National Defense Authorization Act stand in Congress.
  • Ken Blackwell, FRC’s Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance and former Ohio Secretary of State, warns of the Democrats’ latest attempt at a federal election takeover.
  • Al Robertson, host of the “Unashamed” podcast, shares what has been happening at this week’s Pray Vote Stand Summit and why it is necessary to look at the issues facing our nation from a biblical worldview.
  • Quisha King, co-chair of Northeast Florida Moms for Freedom, Jonathan Koeppel, former Louisiana public school teacher, and Meg Kilgannon, FRC's Senior Fellow for Education Studies, share how they are fighting to protect America’s children from indoctrination in classrooms.
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Marsha Blackburn, Chip Roy, Gary Hamrick,
October 06, 2021
00:54:10

On today's show:

  • Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator from Tennessee and member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, discusses Attorney General Merrick Garland’s intimidation campaign against parents who speak out at school board meetings, the Senate testimony from former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen, the Democrats’ spending spree and the debt ceiling standoff in Congress, and reports that the Kabul airport bomber was released from the Bagram base prison only days prior.
  • Chip Roy, U.S. Representative for Texas's 21st District, urges House and Senate Republicans to vote no on the National Defense Authorization Act unless the provision forcing women to register for the military draft is removed.
  • Nina Schaefer, Senior Fellow in Health Policy at the Heritage Foundation, exposes the hidden healthcare agenda in Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan.
  • Gary Hamrick, Pastor of Cornerstone Chapel, previews this week’s Pray Vote Stand Summit.
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